Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-25
PR1NoEToN,s NEW DEAL.

They Want to Form a New League In
Football with Yale and Harvard or
with Harvard Alone If Yale Objects
to the scheme.
The mud-sands of New Jersey are ever and
anon in a state of violent agitation, and with
every terrestrial motion in that important
part of the Uuion the voice of the progress
sive Princeton college is heard crying aloud
for recognition. Last week the corporation
decided that Princeton should not become
university, but that had no effect upon the
restless spirits that are ever wanting change.
Princeton wanted base ball league formed
of Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Columbia.
She fought hard tor it, and the eliminating
success that crowned her efforts made the
members of the college DESTROYS of showing
her superiority over other sister colleges IN
inventing plans and almost, as it were, fore
ing thera into the acceptance of them.
Now she is not content with being
in quadrangular league in base
ball, but wants to sever herself from being
compelled to play with small colleges for the
football championship, which she had the
good luck once upon time to win. Prince
ton wants new league in football. She
wants Harvard to join it and if Yale is dis
inclined why, all the better-she can do
without her. Probably she can, aud prob
ably with her single rival, Harvard, she
might win trophy somewhat more often
than she has succeeded in doing in the past.
Whether she succeeds or not in her proposal
is a matter of little inquiry, as her doml
neering power over Yale and Harvard Is
somewhat limited, to say the least.
Wednesday evening the college held mass
| meeting and during the meeting important
| things happened.
| In the first place after the election of the
officers of the football association William j.
| Cook 80, captain of the team, spoke in ia
vor of Princeton Withdrawing from the pres
| ent intercollegiate league and uniting with
Yale and Harvard. Among those to favor
the scheme were Professor johnson, who
said that the plan would make more COM
pact league by associating the three leading
universities together, by forming good rules
and by eliminating undesirable features
Captain Larkin of the base ball
team and .. al.o ond n1o4e good o 1ns
Then r. B. Bradford 'S7, not to be outdone,
proposed that the delegates to the convention
of the intercollegiate Football association on
Saturday be instructed to withdraw Prince
ton and form q league with Harvard at any
rate if Yale was disinclined to favor the
scheme and with Yale if she was willing to
join. This resolution was passed unanimous
IL. Whether Yale will join the
league is matter of conjecture,
but league without her would give
the enjoyable sport of football, black eye
which would make it entirely devoid of in
terest and make it in short while a sport
time of the past The idea of such league
without Yale is preposterous in the extreme
and will not meet the approval of Harvard.
In case the new league is formed it will
leave out Wesleyan college and the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Captain Holden of
the Harvard football team was in town yes
terday afternoon and said that Harvard was
not overzealous in forming the newly pro-
posed league, but said that she would go into
it should Yale act likewise. A prominent
member OF the senior class yesterday when
asked his opinion in reference to the league
said that it was sprnng upon the college
with such precipitancy that the wishes of
the college could not be stated, but that he
thought it was another of Princeton's
schemes to compel Harvard and Yale to ac-
quiesce to her dictates.